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On Friday 30 September 2005 4:33 pm, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > I could use some more raw speed these days, though... I've been doing > some testing/experimenting with new Linux distros, and it takes a while > to download 3GB of stuff over our 768K SDSL. On the other hand, the > connection is very responsive (good for web surfing) and the upload > speed is good (nice for our admittedly modest collection of servers). > I've occasionally been tempted to go for the 6M/768K ADSL service that > Speakeasy is offering now, but it would mean an increase of about > $35/month, so I have held off so far. (But 6Mbps! EIGHT TIMES as fast! > The siren call is there... and FIOS isn't coming to Dorchester any time > soon.) Comcast is running about 6M right now. Most of my bandwidth tests run close to this. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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